* Violent dreams could answer evolutionary
questions, researchers say:
A bizarre disorder in which sleepers act out dreams
of combat might help explain how dreaming evolved.
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/051018_dreamfrm.htm
* Good news for pot smokers:
Contrary to popular belief, marijuana helps grow
new brain cells, a study suggests. A separate study
reports pot smoke is less carcinogenic than
cigarette smoke.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051018_potfrm.htm
* "Popping rocks" mystery solved:
Researchers say they have rediscovered a site where
rocks brought up off the ocean floor explode with
trapped gases.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051018_poprocksfrm.htm
* How astronomy could help save the whale shark:
Software developed by astronomers to find stars can
help monitor the world's biggest fish, using its
starry skin patterns, researchers say.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051018_whalesharkfrm.htm
* Common spice found to halt breast cancer spread in
mice:
Curcumin, which gives curry its mustard-yellow
color, inhibits the spread of breast cancer in mice,
researchers report.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051015_curcuminfrm.htm
* Science in images: Gorgeous aurora
Auroras, also known as the Northern and Southern
Lights, form when solar particles and magnetic
fields hit the Earth's magnetic field.
http://www.world-science.net